People are the most important things in this life. Treat them as something precious because that is exactly what they are. Just like our beautiful Pl… - Marcos Pontes
" "People are the most important things in this life. Treat them as something precious because that is exactly what they are. Just like our beautiful Planet, we are all insignificant compared to the vastness of the Universe. We are all essentially equal. We are not alone and isolated: when you hurt someone, you hurt yourself; when you help someone, you help yourself.
About Marcos Pontes
Marcos Cesar Pontes (born March 11, 1963) is a Brazilian astronaut and lieutenant colonel of the Brazilian Air Force. In March 2006, he embarked on a one-week mission aboard the Soyuz TMA-8 and became the first Brazilian in space. To date, he is the only South American and native Portuguese speaker to have visited space. In late 2018, he was nominated Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Jair Bolsonaro's government (2019–2022).
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